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IT Strategy: IT Modernization Drives Academic Library Innovation | Information Technology

project is essential for enhancing our community’s ability to engage with HBS data.” Learn More About the Strategic Plan Internal Site (Login Required) Visit This Initiative's Stakeholder Site Internal Site (Login Required) Credits :... View Details

01 May 2013
News

Joella Lykouretzos, MBA 2001

in the coming years. She concludes, “Providing an environment where students can explore and vet ideas in a structured setting is an essential step in delivering a cutting-edge business education.” View Details

15 Oct 2014
Blog Post

HBS Class of 2016

essential to your organization. Your parameters can be tightly focused (targeting students with previous manufacturing experience hoping to pursue a career in Singapore) or broad (all students with consulting and finance experience); it... View Details

Profile

Gopesh Mittal

education is in the ‘soft’ skills, the essential ingredients of leadership such as motivating teams, managing change and working across different cultural contexts. In a world where people are becoming more connected than ever before,... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Mookerjee Picked as First Director of New HBS India Research Center

then, the research center will be open in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). HBS now operates research centers in China, Europe, Latin America, and California, and has a research office in Japan. Together with the new India center, they are an View Details

Keywords: HBS; India Research Center; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Jan 2012
News

Where Are They Now?

the HBS Club of India—over the top. “We identified a significant global market and focused on an unmet but essential need, as health care is not optional,” says Mahesh, who got a very personal perspective on India’s deep deficit of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Oct 1997
News

A Message from Dean Clark

around the world in real time via the Internet, and where full-motion videos take students into the reality of business to study the challenges of general management on-site. These tools strengthen nuance, stimulate discovery, and promote a deeper understanding of... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All

phone bills at home. Major organizations will be essentially ready. I do expect a period of transition and inconvenience such as we are now experiencing at times with credit cards. And government agencies must work to catch up if they are... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan

support this response by doing workforce or business-continuity planning and by helping to meet the demands that will be created by a pandemic, such as by increasing production of essential services and products. The networks created by... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

Profile

Kwame Owusu-Kesse

contribute positively to finding innovative solutions for disadvantaged communities. How did HBS prepare you for your internship & long term career? The training that I have received with respect to general management has and will continue to prove View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

23 Oct 2019
News

An Experiment in Online Education Reaches 50,000 Learners in Five Years

entrepreneurship, and finance and accounting. One of its first offerings, the Credential of Readiness (CORe), remains its flagship. This unique program provides an intro- duction to essential business concepts, including financial... View Details

Keywords: HBS Online; Educational Innovation

01 Dec 2003
News

Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students

leading-edge R&D, Novartis considers community outreach an essential part of its mission. It offers some drugs at a discount or free to needy patients; a new malaria therapy will be available at cost. Greylock, one of the country’s most... View Details

21 Aug 2008
News

Stylin’ at Gallatin

here. Gallatin was designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1927 as a collection of what were essentially linked townhouses on a U-shaped plan. The building was no doubt charming but a bit of a warren: Some students had to leave their... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

02 Mar 2016
What Do You Think?

Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?

essentially demands acceptance of a massive expansion & transfer of a conscription power which is currently limited to Congress and not available to any government agency.” ZBV may have been responding to a comment by superf88 that,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

organizations is circumscribed by their impact on financial results. The social impact of organizations essentially took a back seat. This tendency concerns us for two reasons. First, as many critics of leadership have argued, the ability... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West

difficulties of Hewlett-Packard, British Petroleum, CEOs of failed Wall Street firms, and dozens of leaders who failed in the post-Enron era are examples of this. Q: The two essential aspects of effective leaders, you explain, are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Growing CEOs from the Inside

suggestions, and eventually a choice. But the board can't do the job. Q: Are there times when an insider is not the best choice for CEO? A: Absolutely. It may be essential to go outside when there are ethical lapses that seem embedded in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Employment

14 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption

on digital platforms./p> Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Your Board of Directors In a recent survey of 5,000 board members, innovation was not ranked high on their list of priorities. What are they not... View Details